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10 Jan 2013, 5:35 am
Grits has argued that ratcheting down these categories by one notch would bring dramatic relief both to the counties' and TDCJ's bottom line. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 7:58 am
Let's run through a few.First, they almost have to boost funding for inmate healthcare if they want to keep UTMB as their contractor, and IMO TDCJ is not prepared nor capable of handling the job themselves. [read post]
2 Dec 2012, 9:37 am
Let me point out a few items that failed to make it into individual Grits posts but still merit readers' attention:Prison homicides rise, rural units short-staffedAt the Austin Statesman Mike Ward reports that in-prison homicides at TDCJ spiked this year to 11, up from an average of just more than three per year for the past decade. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 12:00 pm
This leaves Texas prisons with a shortage of over 4,730 officers not present at TDCJ prison facilities. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 5:40 am
Lowry supports expanding TDCJ, my point was that the union's proposal for higher across-the-board pay would expand TDCJ's budget, though perhaps closing two private units and expanding parole would partially make up for the extra cost. [read post]
24 Nov 2012, 7:22 am
"Notably, pay hikes for guards were not among the "exceptional items" requested by TDCJ in their biennial Legislative Appropriations Request. [read post]
18 Nov 2012, 6:13 am
We knew Bradley had applied to run the Special Prosecution Unit at TDCJ, so here's another datapoint regarding his job hunt, though I'm admittedly surprised to see him seeking to do indigent defense. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 11:39 am
Dallas-based Securus Technologies, notably, is the company providing phone service to TDCJ. [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 7:38 am
This morning, out of curiosity, Grits decided to run a few numbers comparing historic Texas corrections budgets to spending at TDCJ for the current biennium. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 2:35 pm
When TDCJ was given extra money for raises to front-line prison staff in 2009, they dipped into those funds to give substantially larger pay hikes to administrators. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 10:49 am
TCJC also provided a link to the new report from TDCJ's Reentry Task Force (pdf), which included this welcome if long overdue bit of news regarding ID cards for prisoners exiting the system: "TDCJ, DSHS and DPS are in the process of finalizing interagency contracts for issuing the state identification card through an electronic process. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 7:24 am
Whitmire said in his opinion TDCJ built "too many" ad seg units during the 1990s prison expansion.Nationwide, "The U.S. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 5:31 am
About 350 women are serving time at TDCJ for prostitution and related charges, said the article. [read post]
26 Aug 2012, 7:34 am
If legislators want a smaller, rational, God forbid, conservative prison budget, they cannot look to TDCJ for suggestions on how to accomplish it. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 7:34 am
" I agree all those front-end causes are factors in mitigating the growth rate in prisoner numbers: Back in 2007, Texas' Legislative Budget Board predicted TDCJ would house about 17,000 more prisoners in 2012 than actually turned out to be the case. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 7:21 am
See prior, related Grits posts:Prison staff shortages and budget realityTDCJ can't keep rural units adequately staffedStaffing shortages force closure of TDCJ Connally unit wingAdult, juvie corrections took 39% of state employee reductions last yearJuvie, adult prison guards atop list of high turnover state jobs2,000 jobs cut at TDCJ'As TDCJ recruiting slows, overtime usage increases' [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 10:00 am
TDCJ, 2012 U.S. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 8:22 am
"TDCJ, illegal immigration, and mission creepAccording to the Victoria Advocate, TDCJ deployed COs on horseback and tracking dogs to help DPS search for suspected illegal immigrants. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 7:46 pm
According to TDCJ, seven additional executions have been scheduled for 2012 by state district courts. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 1:04 pm
TDCJ can't possibly cut its budget any further - or even operate under the budget constraints imposed last session - and still house the same number of people in the same number of units it does today. [read post]
